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Growing number of children groomed to film own sexual abuse
May 18, 2018 · By Haroon Siddique for www.theguardian.com
Most live-streamed footage is of affluent young white girls in their own homes, says IWF Children are being coerced and blackmailed into live-streaming their own sexual abuse from their own homes, researchers have found. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which carried out the study, says that large numbers of victims are white girls apparently from […]
Read More...Canadian Indigenous People Win Protection for Vast Coastal Rain Forest
May 17, 2018 · By Reuters in Vancouver for www.brisbanetimes.com.au
Deal marries interests of First Nations, environmentalists and logging industry, who will see 15% of Great Bear forest available under ‘most stringent’ standards British Columbia is set to announce a historic agreement to protect a vast swath of rainforest along its coastline, having reached a deal that marries the interests of First Nations, the logging […]
Read More...Paedophile caught on way to meet girl (10) found with cheerleader outfit, Viagra and lube
May 17, 2018 · By Independent.ie Newsdesk for
A paedophile who drove 130 miles with the intention of having sex with a 10-year-old girl has been jailed for eight years. Police officers had been tracking the online activities of 49-year-old Michael Bickerton, and arrested him shortly after he arrived. They found sex-related items in his car including a cheerleader outfit, a black costume […]
Read More...‘He stepped off the precipice’ – Dublin man (20) caught with graphic child pornography jailed for 15 months
May 15, 2018 · By Sarah-Jane Murphy for www.independent.ie
A young Dublin man caught with graphic child pornography showing the sadomasochistic rape and torture of a baby girl has being jailed for 15 months. Gardai found 5,919 images and 328 video files on two laptops belonging to Conor Emmet (20), when they raided his family home, after an intelligence operation involving the FBI and […]
Read More...Former civil servant found with child abuse images avoids jail
May 15, 2018 · By www.rte.ie
A retired senior civil servant in the Department of Health and Children, who was caught in possession of nearly 60,000 child abuse images and videos, has avoided jail. Brendan Phelan, 66, was given a suspended three-year sentence in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today after he pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child abuse images […]
Read More...Russian Facebook ‘ads’ show strong effort to divide US society
May 11, 2018 · By Agence France-Presse for www.rappler.com
The ads and postings show a pattern of stirring up anger among different groups, encouraging support for then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race, and discouraging support for his rival Hillary Clinton WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Thousands of Facebook and Instagram advertisements taken out by a Russian internet group were released on Thursday, May […]
Read More...Men wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years seek compensation
May 11, 2018 · By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent for www.theguardian.com
Cases point to legal crisis as definition of miscarriage of justice leaves its victims without recompense The fairness of the criminal courts process goes on trial this week when two men who spent a total of 24 years wrongfully imprisoned seek compensation for their ordeals. Sam Hallam, who served seven years for murder, and Victor […]
Read More...Sex with 10yo not rape, Finnish court rules in migrant’s case
May 10, 2018 · By www.rt.com
In a case that has triggered public outrage, a top Finnish court has upheld a ruling that sex between an asylum seeker and a 10-year-old girl didn’t constitute rape. Critics are calling for harsher sentences for child abuse. Finland’s Supreme Court rejected a request from the prosecution to appeal a three-year jail term for a […]
Read More...Filipino groups launch support network for Australian nun
May 8, 2018 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Solidarity with the Poor Network aims to unite faith-based organizations against Sister Patricia Fox’s deportation Church groups in the Philippines have launched a “support network” for Australian missionary nun Patricia Fox who has been ordered to leave the country by the government. The group, “Solidarity with the Poor Network”, aims to unite faith-based organizations to […]
Read More...Child protection law introduced to Irish Parliament
May 7, 2018 · By beta.oireachtas.ie
I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” Apologies are owed to the staff of the Oireachtas for the lateness of the hour at which this business is being taken. I wish to thank my colleagues in Independents4Change for facilitating me this evening in trying to progress the Bill. It is a […]
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